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Meet Pam Oakes:
* ASE-Certified Technician (AutomotiveService Excellent), since 1995.
* Degree in Electronic Engineering Technology (EETAS)
* Fourth generation automotive technician: Her great-grandfather Leonard Smith, grandfather, Ralph Smith and father Jerry Oakes were all automotive technicians. Pam’s dad has more than 45years as a tech; worked with Pam from 1996 to 2004
* Founder and original operator of Pam’s Motor City Automotive – a numerous award winner throughout the 20 years Pam owned the facility. This includes multi-national, regional and local accolades.
*Contract instructor for various, national automotive and non-automotive companies
*International/National Automotive Speaker
* Accredited Author of “Car Care for the Clueless: Or How You Can ‘Make Money’ While Maintaining Your Vehicle”; “Car Care for the Clueless: Successful Used Car Buying101”
* Car Care for the Clueless Daily Edition every morning – Coast-to-Coast – on CBS Radio stations: New York City WINS 1010 AM, Boston WBZ 1030 AM, Dallas-FortWorth KRLD 1080 AM, WNPV-1440 AM in Philly, Los Angeles KNX 1070 AM, Anthony Duva Show (nationally syndicated),KJAX, Lubbock, TX, WLOB, Portland, ME, James Lowe Show (nationally syndicated), KRMS, Osage Beach, MO, Fort Myers Beach Radio, Fort Myers, FL, WWRL, NYC, WGBB,Nassau, NY, WJVC Suffolk, VA, Wide Open Radio (online and terrestrial radio) Washington DC, WMWX, KCAA Loma Linda, CA, Miami town OH, WKCX, Crittenden, KY,WYNS, Waynesville, OH, WPTF Horsepower Half-Hour, Raleigh, NC, WTIM, Boston
*Car Care for the Clueless’ weekly show on KMET – Inland Empire Redlands, CA
*Car Care for the Clueless mornings videoshort featured on: WTAE Pittsburgh, WXYZ/WMYD Detroit, KSAZ Phoenix, WAGA Atlanta every Tuesday
* Hosts a semi-monthly car care clinic for women, since 1996
* Former Newspaper reporter and editor
* Rotary Member and Paul Harris Fellow 1999 – present
* Estero Island Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 2003-present
* Florida Gulf Coast University SBDC advisory board member since 2015
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